Sourcebook for The Cultures of the West, Volume Two

Clifford R. Backman

Designed to accompany The Cultures of the West by Clifford R. Backman (OUP, 2012), the two-volume Sources for The Cultures of the West features approximately six written sources per chapter that highlight key themes in the study of Western civilization. Each of the 130 sources is accompanied by a headnote. Each volume begins with a special unit, "How to Read a Primary Source," that provides students with important advice on how to work with textual documents in studying the past.

Features:

* Provides a wealth of tips and advice to help students research and write essays for history classes* Covers all aspects of writing about history, including finding topics and researching them, interpreting source materials, drawing inferences from
sources, and constructing arguments* Uses numerous examples from the works of cultural, political, and social historians

Sources for The Cultures of the West is FREE when bundled with The Cultures of the West. Please contact your OUP representative to request a package ISBN.

Sourcebook for The Cultures of the West, Volume Two

Clifford R. Backman

Description

Designed to accompany The Cultures of the West by Clifford R. Backman (OUP, 2012), the two-volume Sources for The Cultures of the West features approximately six written sources per chapter that highlight key themes in the study of Western civilization. Each of the 130 sources is accompanied by a headnote. Each volume begins with a special unit, "How to Read a Primary Source," that provides students with important advice on how to work with textual documents in studying the past.

Features:

* Provides a wealth of tips and advice to help students research and write essays for history classes* Covers all aspects of writing about history, including finding topics and researching them, interpreting source materials, drawing inferences from
sources, and constructing arguments* Uses numerous examples from the works of cultural, political, and social historians

Sources for The Cultures of the West is FREE when bundled with The Cultures of the West. Please contact your OUP representative to request a package ISBN.

Sourcebook for The Cultures of the West, Volume Two

Clifford R. Backman

Table of Contents

Chapter 11: Renaissance and Reformations 11.1 Petrarch, Letters, 1352 and 1366/711.2 Erasmus, Letter to a friend, Julius excluded, and Introduction to the Gospels, first published 152211.3 Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy, ca.1517?11.4 From Ariosto, Orlando Furioso (Mad Orlando), published 151611.5 Martin Luther, "Preface to the New Testament," first published 152211.6 Cellini, My Life, 1558-156311.7 Vasari, Lives of Artists, first published in 1550, revised and added to until 1568Chapter 12: The Last Crusades 12.1 Bartolomé de las Casas, A Short Account, written 1542; published 155212.2 John Foxe, Foxe's Book of Martyrs, Trial of Anne Askew12.3 From Christopher Marlowe, The Massacreat Paris, ca.1593 12.4 Johannes Junius, Letter to His Daughter and Trial Transcript, 1628Chapter 13: Science Breaks Out and Breaks Through13.1 Galileo Galilei, Letter to Don Benedetto Castelli, December 21, 161313.2 John Donne, Sermon (December 12, 1626); "To his Mistress Going to Bed" (1669)13.3 Thomas Hobbes, "On Natural Law," Leviathan, 165113.4 Descartes, A Discourse on the Method, 1637Chapter 14: From Westphalia to Paris: Regimes Old and New 14.1 Anne of France, Lessons for My Daughter (end 16th century)14.2 Cardinal Richelieu, "The Role of the King," Political Testament, ca. 1638, first published 168814.3 François Fénelon, The Adventures of Telemachus, 169914.4 Molière, The Misanthrope, first performed 1666Chapter 15: TheEnlightened15.1 John Locke, "Of Tyranny," Two Treatises of Government, 168915.2a Rousseau, "A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality," 175515.2b Voltaire, Letter to Rousseau on the Latter's "Discourse on the Origin of Inequality," 175515.3 Adam Smith, "Of the Principle of the Commercial or Mercantile System," Wealth of Nations, 177615.4 Cesare Beccaria, "On Torture," Of Crimes and Punishments, 1764Chapter 16: The War against Absolutism16.1 Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, 179016.2 Robespierre, Report on Principles of Public Morality, February 5, 179416.3 Napoleon, Letter to his Brother Jerome, November 15, 180716.4 Jakob Walter, Diary of Napoleonic Foot Soldier, written 1856, first published 193216.5 Daniel Defoe,
Journal of the Plague Year, 1722Chapter 17: Industrialization and Its Discontents17.1 William Wordsworth, "Tintern Abbey," 1798; "The World is Too Much With Us," 180617.2 Thomas Carlyle, "Signs of the Times," 182917.3 Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, 1851Chapter 18: The Birth of Modern Politics18.1 Caroline Norton, "On the Infant Custody Bill," 1839; "On Divorce," 185518.2 Karl Marx, "First Premises of the Materialist Method," The German Ideology, 1846, first published 193218.3 Lajos Kossuth's Speech of the 11th July, 184818.4 Isabella Beeton, Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management, 1861 Chapter 19: Nationalism and Identity 19.1 Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, An Imam in Paris: Account of a Stay in Paris by an Egyptian Cleric(1826-1831)19.2 Charles Trevelyan, The Irish Crisis, 184819.3 Matthew Arnold, Preamble; "On a Definition of Culture," Culture and Anarchy, 186719.4 Edward Augustus Freeman, Race and Language, 187919.5 Flora Annie Steel and Grace Gardiner, Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook, 188819.6 Theodor Herzl, The Jewish State, 189519.7 Rudyard Kipling, "The Barbarian," France at War, 1915Chapter 20: The God Problem20.1 Charles Lyell, from "On Extinct Quadrupeds," Principles of Geology, 1830-183320.2 Charles Darwin, "On Sociability," The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 187120.3 Abraham Geiger, "Moral and Legal Rules," Judaism and Islam, 1833Chapter 21: The Modern Woman21.1 Mary Wollstonecraft, "Dedication to Talleyrand,"
Vindication of the Rights of Women, 179221.2 Caroline Norton, English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century, 185421.3 Maria Montessori, Education for a New World, 194621.4 Winnifred Cooley, "The Bachelor Maiden," The New Womanhood, 1904Chapter 22: The Great LAnd Grab22.1 Mark Twain, "King Leopold's Soliloquy," 190522.2 John A. Hobson, "Criticism of Imperialism," Imperialism, 190222.3 Winston Churchill, "The Battle of Omdurman," The River War, 189922.4 Presidential Address of Chitta Ranjan Das, Indian National Congress at Gaya, December 1922Chapter 23: From Nihilism to Modernism23.1 Oscar Wilde, "The Soul of Man Under Socialism," 189123.2 Joris-Karl Huysmans, Against Nature(A rebours),188423.3 Charles Baudelaire, "The Painter
of Modern Life," 186323.4 Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents, 192923.5 Wassily Kandinski, On the Spiritual Element in Art,1912Chapter 24: The World at War (Part I)24.1 Extracts from the Treaty of Versailles, 191924.2 Normal Angell, The Great Illusion, 193324.3 John Maynard Keynes, Economic Consequences of Peace, 191924.4 Robert Graves, Goodbye to All That, 192924.5 Ernst Junger, Storm of Steel, 1920Chapter 25: Radical Realignments25.1 Henry Ford, The International Jew, 192025.2 Paul Valéry, A Crisis of the Mind, 191925.3 Oswald Spengler (1880-1936), The Decline of the West25.4 Friedrich Hayek, "Economic Control and Totalitarianism," 1944Chapter 26: The World at War (Part II)26.1 Virginia Woolf,
Three Guineas, 193826.2 Aldous Huxley, An Encyclopedia of Pacifism, 193726.3 Arthur Koestler, The God that Failed, 194926.4 Gustave Gilbert, Nuremberg Diary, 1947Chapter 27: The Theater of the Absurd27.1 Enoch Powell's "Rivers of Blood" Speech, 196827.2 Alexander Novikov, On Post-War American Policy, 194627.3 Winston Churchill, "Iron Curtain" Speech, March 5,194727.4 Ayatollah Khomeini, Message, 198027.5 Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, On Nuclear Defense, 1980sChapter 28: Something to Believe In28.1 Pope John XXIII, Pacem in Terris, 196328.2. Paul Tillich, Collective Guilt, 194328.3 Pope Paul VI, Humanae vitae, 196828.4 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Sermon of January 21, 1934Chapter 29: GlobalWarmings29.1 Halidé Edib Adivar, Memoirs, 1926 and 192829.2 Luce Irigaray, From Ethics of Sexual Difference, 199329.3 Francis Fukuyama, "Our Pessimism," 199229.4 Fatima Mernissi, "The Story of A Female Psychic," 1989Chapter 30: Hearts and Minds Going Forward30.1 Samuel Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations, 199630.2 World Economic Forum, Global Gender Gap Report, 201030.3 George W. Bush, Speech to Congress, September 20, 200130.4 Richard Rorty, Failed Prophecies, Glorious Hopes, 1998

Sourcebook for The Cultures of the West, Volume Two

Clifford R. Backman

Author Information

Clifford R. Backman is Professor of History at Boston University. He is the author of The Worlds of Medieval Europe, Second Edition (OUP, 2008), and The Decline and Fall of Medieval Sicily: Politics, Religion, and Economy in the Reign of Frederick III, 1296-1337 (1995).